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virtuous
adj. good; moral (especially with regards to sexual conduct); upright; righteous


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Virtue
Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ) is moral excellence of a person. A virtue is a trait valued as being good. The conceptual opposite of virtue is vice.According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage. Taken in its widest sense virtue means the excellence of perfection of a thing, just as vice, its contrary, denotes a defect or absence of perfection due to a thing. In its strictest meaning, however, as used by moral philosophers and theologians, virtue is an operative habit essentially good, as distinguished from vice, an operative habit essentially evil. The four cardinal (hinge) virtues are Justice, Courage, Wisdom, and Moderation. These were enumerated by the Greek philosophers. The three supernatural virtues of Faith, Hope and (unselfish) Love are part of the tradition of Pauline Christianity and Judaism. Both the natural and supernatural virtues depend on a person's understanding that truth can be discovered. Modernist views are at odds with this idea.
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virtuous
Adjective
1. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass
(synonym) good, just, upright
(similar) righteous
2. morally excellent
(antonym) wicked
(similar) impeccable
(see-also) chaste
3. behaving according to standards of what is right or just; "led a virtuous (or moral) life"
(similar) moral
4. in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
(synonym) pure, vestal, virgin, virginal
(similar) chaste


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Virtuous
(a.)
Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
  
 
(a.)
Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
  
 
(a.)
Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
  
 
(a.)
Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
  
 
(a.)
Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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Aretas
agreeable, virtuous
  

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About

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